Tom Jolliffe looks at the eclectic work of Nic Cage and his recent resurgence. Is there anyone more interesting to watch right now? Nicolas Cage started his career in earnest. He progressed through a series of bit player roles, initially as Nicolas Coppola. A few of these roles, in Rumble Fish, Peggy Sue Got Married […]
Nicolas Cage to star in horror-thriller Longlegs from director Osgood Perkins
Seemingly on his journey to be one of the kings of horror, Nicolas Cage is set to join a new project. Cage will soon star in the horror-thriller Longlegs by filmmaker Osgood Perkins. While Deadline offers little details about the film, it’s being described as an homage to “classic Hollywood psychological thrillers.” Perkins is familiar […]
Why 2022 might just peak on April 22nd
Tom Jolliffe looks at two highly anticipated and unique films due to hit cinemas on April 22nd, The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent… April has perennially been something of a slow month in film release terms. In more recent times, given the sheer volume of blockbuster tent-poles, (particularly those under the Marvel […]
The Box Office Problem: The Desertion of the Cinephiles
Tom Jolliffe looks at the disappointing box office returns for The Northman and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and the possible implications for cinema… The box office has been improving of late. We’re getting back to a stage of careful optimism and growth closer to the kind of numbers which films were pulling in […]
Cage as Cage, Van Damme as Van Damme: Two Icons Play Their Ultimate Role
Tom Jolliffe looks at Nic Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, and compares with Jean-Claude Van Damme’s temporarily redefining role as himself in JCVD… April 2022 included a special day for me. It was something of an event. I got to see Nicolas Cage strut his stuff on the big screen. Maybe 10-15 […]
Vampire’s Kiss (1988) – October Horrors 2022
Vampire’s Kiss, 1988. Directed by Robert Bierman. Starring Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Ashley. SYNOPSIS: After falling in love with a mysterious woman, a literary agent starts to believe that he is turning into a vampire. We’ve entered the final four of this year’s October Horrors, and to mark the occasion, […]
Nicolas Cage joins Ari Aster-produced A24 comedy Dream Scenario
Following some of the best notices of his career for self-deprecating comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Nicolas Cage is set to remain in the business of making people laugh by signing on for A24’s Ari Aster produced Dream Scenario. Deadline reports that Dream Scenario will be written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, whose […]
Nicolas Cage’s vodka-drinking dragon series Highfire is flying onto Paramount+
Nicholas Cage’s drunk dragon is gathering up his empties and moving over to Paramount+ with the news that the one-time Amazon adaptation has found a new home. Deadline reports that Highfire, an adaptation of Artemis Fowl author Eion Colfer’s adult fantasy novel will still have the Academy Award winning Cage providing the voice of the […]
Movie Review – The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, 2022. Directed by Tom Gormican. Starring Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Ike Barinholtz, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish, Lily Mo Sheen, Sharon Horgan, Jacob Scipio, Paco León, Joanna Bobin, Alessandra Mastronardi, Nicholas Wittman, Demi Moore. Mario Perez, and David Gordon Green. SYNOPSIS: Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage […]
Nicolas Cage and Jerry Bruckheimer are working on National Treasure 3
Any hope that we’d ever get to see a third installment of the National Treasure franchise appeared as lost as one of relics sought out by Nicolas Cage’s wonderfully named intrepid explorer Benjamin Franklin Gates. However, in news akin to finding a map to the mythical treasure, super producer Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed that the […]
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